http://www.apc.org/en/taxonomy/term/1342 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.apc.org/en/news/can-social-networking-give-leg-poor <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">GOA</span> (Frederick Noronha for APCNews) - <p><div class="img floatleft img_assist_custom"><img src="http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/images/computersforyou_thumbnail.img_assist_custom.png" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom" width="179" height="125" /></div>Can Facebook and YouTube help the poor tackle their pressing problems? Or is this promise just hype? One is faced with tough questions: Can &#8220;Web 2.0 tools&#8221; directly influence the poor themselves? Can those interested in poverty work do better to start with the &#8220;situation&#8221; rather than the &#8220;technology&#8221;? Or should one think big and dream of a network of networks encompassing a <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/263"><acronym title="billion: One thousand million, or 1,000,000,000. Style information: N/a Source: Collins English dictionary ">billion</acronym></a> children and their teachers, families and friends &#8212; nearly all of the poor people in the world, and most of the rich? BytesForAll co-founder and journalist Frederick Noronha takes a look at the issue.</p> </div> http://www.apc.org/en/news/can-social-networking-give-leg-poor#comments Strategic use of the internet All Regions Web 2.0 web2fordev Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 analia 8316 at http://www.apc.org http://www.apc.org/en/projects/web-2-0-tools-development <p>While the media sings the praises of Facebook and YouTube for <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/1685"><acronym title="social networking: Social networking has created new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people, and it now seems that social networking will be an enduring part of everyday life. The main types of social networking services are those which contain directories of some categories (such as former classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages), and recommender systems linked to trust. Popular methods now combine many of these, such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube (Source: adapted from Wikipedia)">social networking</acronym></a> online, <span class="caps">APC</span> is concerned with what web2.0 tools can do for people who don&#8217;t have good <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/149"><acronym title="internet access: The APC Internet Rights Charter states that all people have the right to access to the internet. This requires government leadership, market engagement, and most importantly, citizen and civil society participation. Affordable, fast and easy access to the internet can help create more egalitarian societies. It can strengthen educational and health services, local business, public participation, access to information, good governance and poverty eradication. But we should not assume that all technological innovation is automatically beneficial. Civil society organisations (CSOs), governments and regulatory agencies should be aware of the internet’s potential to reinforce existing inequality. The right to internet access encompasses the right to access to infrastructure irrespective of where one lives; the right to the skills to use and shape the internet to meet one&#039;s needs; the right to interfaces, content and applications accessible to all; the right to equal access for men and women; the right to affordable access; the right to access in the workplace; the right to public access; and the right to access and create content that is culturally and linguistically diverse. Style information: N/a Source: APC Internet Rights Charter">internet access</acronym></a> and equipment.</p> ICT for development Strategic use of the internet Global Web 2.0 web2fordev Wed, 21 May 2008 12:58:07 +0100 karel 6171 at http://www.apc.org